Welcome to Friday,
Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week.
Long may the citizen humanities live.
This is an interesting compilation; LitHub features 100 notable books from independent publishers this year.
The empty promise of AI is that it will make that which is scarce and which requires time and skill abundant and frictionless, however “the more of this newly cheap material floods the figurative market, the more the reaction becomes decidedly negative.”
Some novel ideas on how to grow your journaling practice in 2026.
Take a closer look at Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man.
Currently reading: The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Have a creative weekend.
“Night Fireworks no. 77”. Hirayama, Jinta. 1883.
